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A week into their walkout, Texas Democrats are figuring out what to do next

Texas Democratic lawmakers expected to confront many uncertainties when they left the state in a last-ditch attempt to block Republicans from pushing through a new congressional map.

The Associated Press on MSN · 16h

How Texas Democrats’ walkout has launched a fight across the US over political maps

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps

In Texas and beyond, the party has adopted a newly combative posture following months of internal conversations. Now, they face an uphill climb.

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Rainbow PUSH Coalition hosts Texas Democrats protesting Republican redistricting effort

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is standing with Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to halt a redistricting vote.

Laredo Morning Times on MSN1h

Rep. Raymond stays in Texas, affirms Democratic unity against GOP redistricting plans

The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 members, each elected from a district redrawn every 10 years through a process known as redistricting — most recently in 2021 based on population shifts ...

Texas Democrats fled the state to oppose GOP redistricting. Why this one stayed behind.

Texas state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond battled a Republican redistricting plan in 2003. He's doing it again this year but ...

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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

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This Democratic US House district in Texas is real, but it was drawn by Republicans

While the map is accurate, the House seat was not "stolen" by Democrats — the district was drawn by the Republican-controlled ...

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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

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Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the ...

Texas panel advances redrawn congressional map that could take 5 Democratic seats

A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a new congressional map as state Republicans power ahead with a strategy backed by ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN3d

Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...

DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with 'every option on the table'

Texas House Democrats taking refuge in Illinois to break a legislative quorum in their home state, along with Democratic ...

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Former Democratic advisor says party's rhetoric on redistricting is getting 'a little out of control'

Former Democratic advisor Dan Turrentine warned that his party's dramatic redistricting language could hurt their chances of ...

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